Wind power production is set to double this year in the United States and Canada, says a new report. Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama has an answer to the energy dilemma, and it involves growing lots and lots of corn. …

Monday is the deadline for citizens to comment on the Forests and Fish habitat conservation plan, which would give Washington’s private timber industry 50 years of protection against endangered-species prosecutions …

It’s the last week for pieces of legislation passed by the Washington Senate or House to get past their main committee stops in the other chamber. Otherwise, they’re dead for the year. And a whole lot of stuff is happening fast. …